{"id":4141,"date":"2007-05-08T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T15:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesviews.net\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2018-06-04T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T13:32:13","slug":"diversity-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2007\/05\/08\/diversity-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium on diversity and demographics at Bates May 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2007\/05\/merisotis-058-thumb.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2007\/05\/merisotis-058-thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignleft\" alt=\"merisotis-058-thumb\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen hosts a symposium titled &#8220;A College for Coming Time: Diversity and the Changing Demographics of Higher Education&#8221; on May 10 at Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.<\/p>\n<p>Free and open to the public, the symposium begins at 1:30 p.m. with opening remarks by Hansen, followed by a keynote presentation on the changing demographics of higher education by Jamie P. Merisotis, a 1986 Bates graduate, trustee, and president of The Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington, D.C.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At 3 p.m., attendees will break into small group discussions for an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Following a refreshment break, attendees will reconvene 4:15 p.m. for closing remarks by Blenda J. Wilson, former president and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium title comes in part from early writings of Bates founder Oren B. Cheney, who envisioned a new institution of learning to serve those who did not have easy access to higher education. &#8220;It is enough to say that our plan is broad,&#8221; Cheney wrote in 1856. &#8220;We mean to found an institution for coming time\u2026.We, as a village, will put our hands and our hearts to the work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2007\/05\/blenda_wilson-thumb.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2007\/05\/blenda_wilson-thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"blenda_wilson-thumb\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cheney&#8217;s words are particularly meaningful today,&#8221; said Hansen. &#8220;Given the rapidly changing demographics of the region and the nation, it falls to our generation to sustain the founding vision while building for a radically different future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hansen noted that this is a time of great striving at Bates as students, faculty and staff seek to sustain the promise of inclusive excellence.  &#8220;We aspire to increase access and enhance the diversity of this college,&#8221; she said. &#8220;A learning environment that does not sufficiently reflect and explore the complexity of the world outside its gates and prepare students for full and active participation in a global society falls short of the high standard of excellence for which Bates is rightly known.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More information on the symposium is available by phone at 207-786-6336.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A symposium titled &#8220;A College for Coming Time: Diversity and the Changing Demographics of Higher Education&#8221; on May 10 takes its title from early writings of Bates founder Oren B. 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